---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; provide for modernization and updates"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide for modernization and updates; to amend various provisions for purposes of conformity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 99"
citation: "Georgia HB 99 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard Smith"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44cb6a26-eea8-439a-a3fb-461e67e8324a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "af077aed886b46540b9557c6846c0e713793ae81c35900f50a081bb92ecc32c7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---

# Georgia HB 99 (2019_20) — Insurance; provide for modernization and updates

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide for modernization and updates; to amend various provisions for purposes of conformity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Floor Amendment AM 46 0024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187114.pdf)
2. **HB 99/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187558.pdf)
3. **LC 46 0028/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180103.pdf)
4. **LC 46 0076S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182484.pdf)
5. **LC 46 0076S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182081.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 46 0149ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184771.pdf)
7. **Sen ctee sub LC 46 0166S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186852.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **149–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Richard Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-30** House Hopper
- **2019-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Tabled
- **2019-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
- **2019-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2019-04-02** Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
- **2019-04-02** House Insisted
- **2019-04-02** House Reconsidered
- **2019-04-02** House Receded from Amend or Sub
- **2019-04-12** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Act 186 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44cb6a26-eea8-439a-a3fb-461e67e8324a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).